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MTB around Boston, MA
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13th march I'm going for a business trip to Boston, MA. On saturday I have a free day and I want to make a MTB-trip. Can you please suggest a nice trip (I have intermediate MTB skills). Is a GPS track available? Where can I rent a bike? How to get there (by train, car, ...) from downtown Boston? Many thanks, bergzot at g m a i l .c o m -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mijn Postvak In wordt beschermd door SPAMfighter 73 spam-mails zijn er tot op heden geblokkeerd. Download de gratis SPAMfighter vandaag nog! |
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On Mar 1, 2:39 pm, "bergzot" wrote:
Hi, 13th march I'm going for a business trip to Boston, MA. On saturday I have a free day and I want to make a MTB-trip. Can you please suggest a nice trip (I have intermediate MTB skills). Is a GPS track available? Where can I rent a bike? How to get there (by train, car, ...) from downtown Boston? Many thanks, bergzot at g m a i l .c o m ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*----- Mijn Postvak In wordt beschermd door SPAMfighter 73 spam-mails zijn er tot op heden geblokkeerd. Download de gratis SPAMfighter vandaag nog! Will you have access to a vehicle? There is some stellar riding in Exeter, NH, which is about an hour (at the speed limit, though you'd be the only car on a MA highway going 65) north of Boston. There's a train Boston to Exeter as well, though you'd have to plan it in advance to get a bike onto the train. Look up "Fort Rock" and "Exeter woods". There is some stuff closer, but it's not as good. IMO, Fort Rock is worth the 1 hour drive threefold. Maps of the trails can be found online (google fort rock Exeter), and there is a bigger, better copy available from Exeter town hall for something like $2. If you decide to go the NH route, let me know via email - I may have an idea that could help you out on a bike. I might even be able to sneak out and join you, though I can't promise that just yet. I believe you can still rent bikes from Back Bay Cycles, which is in the city, but you'd have to call them to be sure. 617.247 We're currently under a severe winter weather alert that's supposed to dump a bunch of snow on us. If this actually happens (never trust New England weather) and doesn't melt out before you get out this way, you may want to consider Cape Cod. Again, you'd be under an hour from Boston, and it'd be worth the car time to step up the riding. It tends not to snow on the Cape for whatever reason, so if we've got 6" left on the ground in NH the cape should be dry. There's some decent & popular riding down on the cape on RT-151 just off RT-28 (literally at the exit) in Bourne and the weather's the best around this time of year. There is some riding right in the city, but it's way tame. Good place to spin out on most trails, or take your kids/grammy/road bike, but not much fun overall. I can't recall the names precisely, but could find it for you if you really want to go that route. If you don't want to go as far as the two places I mentioned above, you may wish to check out Lynn Woods in Lynn MA. That's about a 20 minute drive north of the city or you can take the train to Lynn Station and ride the 2 miles to the reservation. It's farther, but I'd be doing you an injustice not to mention Bear Brook state park in NH as well. Awesome riding, but probably farther (1.5hrs) and harder to get to than what you're looking for. I still had to mention it. I can't help you with the GPS thing, I usually bring a map or just ride till I'm lost and found again. I'm rambling. Let me know more about what you want and I'll try to narrow it down. Dan |
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Lynn Woods is closed to MTB from Jan 1st to April 15th
-- DTW .../\.../\.../\... wrote in message oups.com... On Mar 1, 2:39 pm, "bergzot" wrote: Hi, you may wish to check out Lynn Woods in Lynn MA. That's about a 20 minute drive north of the city or you can take the train to Lynn Station and ride the 2 miles to the reservation. |
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On Mar 1, 5:22 pm, "D T W .../\\..." wrote:
Lynn Woods is closed to MTB from Jan 1st to April 15th -- DTW .../\.../\.../\... wrote in message oups.com... On Mar 1, 2:39 pm, "bergzot" wrote: Hi, you may wish to check out Lynn Woods in Lynn MA. That's about a 20 minute drive north of the city or you can take the train to Lynn Station and ride the 2 miles to the reservation. Good looks, and my bad for not being up on that. I have not ridden (MTB) in MA since I moved to NH, and don't really pay that much attention to these things in MA anymore. I previously thought prettymuch everything in New England was closed to MTB from christmas- ish times to April, but it seems plenty of people are still riding the local (NH) trails in the snow, as well as riding the Cape/Bourne trails. |
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On Mar 2, 8:22 am, " wrote:
On Mar 1, 5:22 pm, "D T W .../\\..." wrote: Lynn Woods is closed to MTB from Jan 1st to April 15th -- DTW .../\.../\.../\... wrote in message roups.com... On Mar 1, 2:39 pm, "bergzot" wrote: Hi, you may wish to check out Lynn Woods in Lynn MA. That's about a 20 minute drive north of the city or you can take the train to Lynn Station and ride the 2 miles to the reservation. Good looks, and my bad for not being up on that. I have not ridden (MTB) in MA since I moved to NH, and don't really pay that much attention to these things in MA anymore. I previously thought prettymuch everything in New England was closed to MTB from christmas- ish times to April, but it seems plenty of people are still riding the local (NH) trails in the snow, as well as riding the Cape/Bourne trails.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - middlesex fells. blue hills. |
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Hi,
on the net I found Harold Parker State Forest, with map of trails. Is this a nice place to ride for one day? bergzot at g m a i l dot c o m |
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MTB around Boston, MA
Hi,
on the net I found Harold Parker State Forest, with map of trails. Is this a nice place to ride for one day? bergzot at g m a i l dot c o m |
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